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Free Range Children
People ask me how I manage to accomplish so much with three kids under the age of four. Writing a book, keeping two blogs, teaching childbirth classes, being a doula, sewing, gardening, scrapbooking,...
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Flowers
This past week Glen had to travel extra far to work extra long and I knew it was going to be a rough week. So I planned ahead and scheduled some fun activities to keep us busy on the long afternoons....
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Savoring Summer ~ laundry basket on a summer day
On a long summer afternoon, the imagination of a child can take something as ordinary as a laundry basket and a scrap of rope and turn it into something extraordinary, like a train. And if you set...
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Playground Fun
After checking out the Borders’ going-out-of-business sale a couple weeks ago, we stopped at a nearby park for some exploration. It was great fun and now I’m finally getting around to sharing it with...
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birthday bash 2013
We did it! Despite the threat of rain we had a great turnout for the kids’ birthday bash, their first joint birthday party, and it was terrific! Everyone had fun playing games and swinging on the...
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down by the river
So I was wrong. I did not find the spot that Papa’s grandmother used to take him to on a neighboring river. When it was super hot last weekend, we needed to find something refreshing to do together, so...
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where mid summer finds us
Okay, so we went from almost four weeks of rain, rain, go away to rain clouds, where is your reprieve from the sun? And I’m not sure which has been more difficult. It’s hard to work in wind and rain,...
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first things first
Before we are unpacked, the beds are designated, and the food is put away (except for the cold stuff), the first day of camp requires that we break in the swimsuits. So that’s what we did. My brother...
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the hurrieder I go the behinder I get
Day two at camp ~ oh. my. goodness. Why I ever thought I would get away with sharing just one picture a day I have no idea. It was a crazy suggestion for sure! I have been having so much fun taking...
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never forget how precious life is
Last night we found out that one of my aunts is very sick. The kind of sick you don’t ever want to be, and which is very difficult to recover from, if you ever do. And when your aunt and uncle are...
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friends, food, (camp)fires, and other fun stuff
Last night was a full night with friends, so your daily update comes a few hours later. Camp has been busy, but full of good memory-making fun. This morning, Papa’s first day off from work at camp,...
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Christmas in August
A heartfelt thank you to each of you who are praying and thinking of our family. My mom commented on my post of three days ago to share a little more of the story about my aunt’s illness, which I’ll...
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meet the beach bum kids
Buddy the Goofball Girlie the Fabulous Pal the Cuddly Warrior and Chickie the Nimble Genius And just like that our week of camp is over. Today is our last day. We said our goodbyes to the remainder of...
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homestead happenings #11 ~ summer fullness and thanksgiving
If at any time I start feeling like the day-to-day “race” of living prevents me from accomplishing much, I should look back over the past week to see what really happened. Interesting, when asked what...
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